Sneak peek at the greatest toy robot ever invented

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Jaimie Mantzel is a toy inventor and he is psyched. The reason? Somehow he’s managed to get a toy company on board to help create the walking robot toy he dreamed of having as a kid. Jaimie is heralding this prototype robot as the “greatest toy in the universe.” After watching the video below, you may actually agree with him.

Not only is this 6-legged robot remote control, it’s central area can be fitted with several different projectile-shooting modules. The two shown are capable of firing discs great distances, or ping pong balls at varying angles. There also seems to be a dart module that isn’t demonstrated.

Jaimie has also developed two types of robot armor that can be clipped on to the unit. The first allows you to mix up the color scheme of your robot to make it a little more unique. The second type is for battles with other robots, and when hit flies off. This will certainly increase the entertainment value of taking on a friend in battle.

You may notice how noisy the robot is as it moves. That’s only because this is a prototype and “the gears are rough.” The final unit isn’t going to be silent, but it should be much quieter than this. You may also notice I haven’t referred to the robot by name, and that’s because it doesn’t have one yet. Jaimie wants everyone’s suggestions in the YouTube comments, and if he chooses yours you get a free robot when they launch.

As you can see in the video, Jaimie looks like he needs sleep desperately. Apparently that’s due to all the meetings he’s having to do before the launch, which is happening in a few months.

After watching the video I am totally on board. Jaimie’s enthusiasm is infectious and the robot does look very cool even in prototype form. If you give one of these to a kid for his birthday or Christmas, I doubt you’ll get a bad reaction. This looks to be the robot every one of us dreamed of having as a child.